Mirror for barber&#39;s chairs.



PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

G. C. HOI-IRIN.

MIRRGR POR BARBBRS CHAIRS.

APPLIGATION FILED IVEB.23.19O5.

Ib .W .morini GEORGE-AO. HOHEIN, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

MIRROR FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed February 23, 1905. Serial No. 247,011.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. HOHEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mirrors for Barbers Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to mirror attachments for barbers chairs; and its primary object is to provide a new and useful device of this ,character adapted to be applied to a barbers chair to cast a reliection of the back of the occupants head in the mirrorusually arranged in front of such chairs.

A further object of the invention is to jprovide a device adapted to adjustably support a mirror whereby the mirror may be retained in or out of operative position and adjusted vertically or horizontally. The device when retained out of operative position occupies such a place upon the back of the chair that all liability of its being in the way is obviated.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above-stated character which is cheap to manufacture, durable and efficient, and constructed of few parts so ar ranged and constructed as not to be liable to become broken or inoperative.

. proved mirror-support thereto.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a barbers chair illustrating the application of my im- Fig, 2 is a detail side elevation of the support, a portion thereof being in longitudinal section and the mirror being illustrated as in operative position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the mirror being illustrated in its inoperative position. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the mirror-frame and rod to which the mirror-frame is adjustably secured, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the bracket which is adapted to secure the mirror-support in applied position.

Referring to they drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates a barbers chair of the usual construction, and 2 the rear face of the back thereof. The mirror-support is adapted to be secured to the back'2, so as to permit the mirror to be moved upwardly above the upper edge of the back to place the mirror in operative position and moved downwardly below said upper edge into its inoperative position and out of the way.

3 designates a bracket which is secured to the rear face of the back 2 centrally thereof and at a point adjacent its lower edge, and it comprises a base-plate 4, carrying a verticallyarranged sleeve 5, secured to and spaced from said base-plate by means of a connection 6. The base-plate is provided with a plurality of openings 7, through which screws or other fastening means pass to engage the back v2 to secure the bracket in applied position, and the sleeve 5 is provided with a screw-threaded opening 8, adapted to receive a thumb-screw 9. A hollow member 10 is mounted within the sleeve 5 for vertical adjustment and is adapted to be held in its adjustment by means of the thumb-screw 9. This member is closed at its lower end and open at its upper end for the reception of a supporting-rod 11, which is also adapted for vertical adjustment and which is adapted to be held in its adjusted position by means of a thumbscrew 12, carried by the hollow member 10. The upper end of the supporting-rod 11 is disposed horizontally and provided with a ball adapted to be received by a socket 13, carried on the rear face of a mirror-carrying frame 14, whereby the mirror 15, carried thereby, is adapted for adjustment with relation to said rod 11. A thumbscrew 15a is carried by the socket 13 to bind the socket upon the ball to secure the mirror-frame inits adjusted position. A spring 16 is situated within the hollow member 10 and has its upper end secured to thelower end of the rod 11 and its lower end secured to a hook 17, carried by the lower closed end of said member. This spring is retraetile in its nature, and consequently retains said rod drawn downwardly within the hollow member, as disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the mirror is normally retained in its inoperative position. When it is desired to place the mirror in its operative position, the rod 11 is withdrawn from the hollow member 10 to support the mirror at any desired height, and it is held in its adjusted position by means of the thumb-screw 12. It is apparent that the upward movethe rod 11 is limited by the degree of eXpansion of the spring 16, and if such movement is not suicient to place the mirror at a proper elevation the hollow member l0 may also be adjusted, as is apparent.

It is apparent from the abovedescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that the mirror l5 may be adjusted vertically or horizontally, that it is normally returned to its inoperative position and retained in such position, and that the device is easy of application, cheap to manufacture, durable, and ellcient.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In a mirror-support, a bracket comprising' a base-plate carrying a sleeve, a hollow member having its lower end closed and adjustably mounted within said sleeve, a supporting-rod adjustably mounted within said hollow member, a hook member carried by the closed end of said hollow member, a spring' having one of its ends secured to the rod and its other end secured to said hook, and a mirror adjustably carried by said rod.

2. In a mirror-support, a bracket provided with a sleeve, a hollow member adjustably mounted in said sleeve and having its lower end closed, a hook carried by said closed end, a supporting-rod adjustably mounted within said hollow member, a spring having connection with said rod and hook, said rod being provided with a ball, a mirror-frame, and a socket carried by said mirror-frame and ad apted to receive said ball to ad justably mount the mirror-frame upon the rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE o. HOHELN.

Witnesses:

W. K. FENTRESS, P. B. WILLIAMS.` 

